Movies
American Honey
Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew that drives across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door-to-door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard-partying
Snowden
Disillusioned with the intelligence community, top contractor Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) leaves his job at the National Security Agency. He now knows that a virtual mountain of data is being assembled to track all forms of digital communication — not just from foreign governments and terrorist groups, but from ordinary
Queen of Katwe
Living in the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) and her family. Her world changes one day when she meets Robert Katende (David Oyelowo), a missionary who teaches children how to play chess. Phiona becomes fascinated with the game and soon
Antibirth
Ottawa Premiere on Friday December 9th! In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying. She suffers symptoms of a strange illness, and recurring bizarre visions, as she struggles to get a grip on
Eating You Alive
Ottawa Premiere documentary on December 14th and 15th! How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a time.
Stealing Alice
Alice Andanack was born from an Inuit mother and a Québecois father. She is an art dealer, but also a young woman with an uncommon social rage. Wild and educated, she talks to ghosts and decides to avenge the religious and colonial heritage that was imposed on her mothers people. Alice
The People Vs. Fritz Bauer
Ottawa Premiere on Friday November 18th! The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice. Winner of 4 German Film Awards – Feature Film, Direction, Screenplay, Supporting Actor
Nardoon
Genre: Comedy-Drama Movie synopsis: Which one would cost more? Weddings or Funerals? Would it be better to have wedding in funeral and vice versa to save some money? In Farsi with English subtitles. Presented by Persian Art & Cultural Society of Ottawa (PACSO) Tickets: $10
Nardoon
Genre: Comedy-Drama Movie synopsis: Which one would cost more? Weddings or Funerals? Would it be better to have wedding in funeral and vice versa to save some money? In Farsi with English subtitles. Presented by Persian Art & Cultural Society of Ottawa (PACSO) Tickets: $10
The Handmaiden
Starts Saturday November 19th! From acclaimed Cannes, Fantasia, and Venice Film Fest award winner, Park Chan Wook, director of Oldboy, Thirst, and Stoker! 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a